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More Particle Shadows in NY

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What’s up internet!  Yesterday I made a post discussing the idea of dynamic shadows from Particles in After Effects and went on to explore render times and some pros & cons for each solution.
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Created by happytheclam 1 year 45 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 45 weeks ago
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NEW TUTORIAL: Green Smoke

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In this tutorial we will combine smoke elements from Action Essentials 2 with a particle system to create a fluid natural transition. While watching think of other possibilities when combining other footage elements… Watch Tutorial View Sample video
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Created by SLRface 1 year 46 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 46 weeks ago
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How to use Sub Polygon Displacement in Cinema 4D

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I recently have been playing a lot with Sub Polygon Displacement and I wanted to show you some of the fun things you can make with it. In this tutorial, I show you how I made the abstract shapes below by starting with a sphere and adding a texture with Sub Polygon Displacement and a noise pattern. Please link to any fun renders that you make with Sub Polygon Displacement in the comments. I would love to see them.
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Created by Majix 1 year 50 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 50 weeks ago
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Animating a Still

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After looking at some amazing pictures of the recent Volcano I was inspired to bring one of them to life.  I wanted to animate a still image to make it look it was video shot from a moving helicopter. I added some Optical Flares and subtle camera shake to give it a little more life.


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Created by Griff 1 year 51 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 51 weeks ago
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tutorials for After Effects and 3D by Dave Scotland

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Dave Scotland provides a lot of great information about After Effects on his CG Swot website. He is especially keen on integrating 3D applications with After Effects and doing 3D compositing and animation in After Effects. His primary 3D application appears to be 3ds Max (3D Studio MAX), but a lot of what he shows is applicable to whatever 3D application you're using. He also uses and demonstrates Trapcode plug-ins such as Particular, Starglow, and Shine. One of the things that I like about Dave's tutorials is that he uses 3D in just about every composition, showing that adding lights...
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Optical Flares 1.2 Almost Ready

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We should be launching our Optical Flares 1.2 update very soon that features several new improvements including Full Screen mode and adjustable panels and windows. We’re just going through some more testing and it will be available soon. I know it’s taking a little longer than expected but the new features are nice.

This free update is for all versions including 32-bit and 64-bit.


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Created by Majix 2 years 3 days ago – Made popular 2 years 3 days ago
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Deluxe Chooses DaVinci Resolve

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Milpitas, CA Blackmagic Design Inc. announced that Deluxe Digital Media, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has purchased and installed the company’s high end Linux GPU based DaVinci Resolve system at its Sherman Oaks facility. Deluxe Digital Media is one


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Canon EOS 7D and 5D Mark II used on TV Show “Numb3rs”

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Ryan Hinman (friend of planet5D) sent us a note the other day about a couple of videos posted on youtube by Stephen Gyllenhaal (imdb profile) – a Director for the TV show “Numb3rs”. Stephen has been posting some “behind the


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Created by happytheclam 2 years 1 week ago – Made popular 2 years 1 week ago
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Cool Sci-Fi Short Film

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You know what I like more than a Sci-Fi short film?

One that uses Optical Flares & Action Essentials 2! Well, now that I have exploited the filmmakers to plug some of our sweet products, I WOULD like to say that this short, not only has some great effects and visuals but it also zings some of my favorite movies.


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Created by Majix 2 years 2 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 2 weeks ago
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3D Steadicam Rolls into Pre-Production

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Presteigne Charter is to rollout pre production models of its bespoke 3D Steadicam mounted radio camera this week. It is has also made one of the first purchases of Sony’s new 3D Processor Box for rental to the outside broadcast


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Created by Griff 2 years 2 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 2 weeks ago
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NEW TUTORIAL: Shatterize

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In this tutorial we will be creating a progressive shatter effect  using the Pixel Poly plug-in and some simple expressions. This 20 minute tutorial is an expansion to the 3D Ball Dispersion technique for offsetting animated layers, to achieve a unique burn-away look.

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Created by Majix 2 years 2 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 2 weeks ago
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